City Commissioners approved final payment during their Sept. 16 meeting for the 4th Avenue North street reconstruction project.
That was $96,950.09 to United Materials and $979.29 to the State Miscellaneous Tax Fund.
The project included installing base course, asphalt pavement, curb and gutter, storm drain inlets and ADA compliant handicap ramps along 4th Avenue North from 9th to 14th Street North.
The project was needed, according to staff, due to aging infrastructure, such as:
- urb and gutter were exhibiting signs of serious deterioration and were nonexistent along some stretches.
- asphalt cracking was widespread causing poor drivability and causing the road to deteriorate faster with the infiltration of water and subsequent freeze/thaw cycles.
- many the storm drain inlets were made out of bricks that were deteriorated or missing.
- existing handicap ramps didn’t meet ADA compliance and were creating hazards and barriers
The project started and was completed ahead of schedule.
One tree was removed at the southeast corner of 4th Avenue North and 10th Street North for installation of ADA-compliant ramps. The tree was replaced with two trees planted nearby.
Woith Engineering completed design phase engineering and city staff provided construction phase engineering and project inspection.
The final project cost was $1,958,587.59, which was is $105,062.41 less than the original contract award of $2,063,650, largely due to the minimal use of sub-base material, imported trench backfill and sod restoration.
Substantial completion of the project was June 26 at which point the two-year warranty period began.
The project was selected under public works’ capital improvement plan and 86 percent was funded by the street fund and the remainder by the storm drain fund.
